‘Frontispieceana’, Vol. 2: engravings, woodcuts, etc., mainly from books, 16th–19th c.

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f. 25r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. II (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 26r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. IV (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 27r Engraved title-page of A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, by Sir William Chambers (London, 1772) Part 1772
f. 32r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of ‘Cooke’s Pocket Edition of Select British Poets’ (London, 1794 x 1804) Part 1794 x 1804
f. 36r Engraved title-page of Bellamy’s Picturesque Magazine and Literary Museum, Vol. I (London, 1793) Part 1793
f. 37r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of Histoire de l’admirable Don Quixotte de la Manche, by Cervantes, translated by Filleau de Saint Martin (4 vols.; Amsterdam, 1681) Part 1681
f. 42r Engraved title-page of Les Delices de l’Italie, by Alexandre de Rogissart (Leiden, 1706) Part 1706
f. 44r Frontispiece of The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer, Vol. IX (Edinburgh: Bell, 1783) Part 1783
f. 47r Frontispiece of the General Magazine and Impartial Review, Vol. IV (1791) Part 1791
f. 50r Section-title of Book II of Paradise Regained, by John Milton (London: James Cundee, 1806) Part 1806
loose after f. 50 Title-page of A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, by William Upcott, Vol. I (London, 1818), including an engraved illustration Part 1818
loose after f. 50 Fragment of an engraving Part 18th c.?
f. 56 Frontispiece of Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, by Ephraim Chambers, Vol. I (London, 1786 x 1791) Part 1786 x 1791
f. 57r Title-page of Formulae oratoriae in usum scholarium concinnatae (a revision of John Clarke’s Transitionum formulae, 1628), 5th ed. (London, 1637), including a woodcut device Part 1637
f. 58r Title-page of De civitate Dei libri XXII, by St Augustine (Jacobus Stoer, 1620), including a woodcut border Part 1620
f. 59r Engraved(?) title-page of Steps of Ascention unto God, or, A Ladder to Heaven, by Edward or John Gee, 23rd ed. (W. Birch, 1677) Part 1677
f. 67r Print captioned ‘Wisdom Teaching Man to Count The rapid progress of Time’, probably from Poole’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Polite Assistant and Useful Remembrancer for the Year 1815 (1814) Part 1814
f. 69r Engraved title-page of Sharpe’s British Theatre, Vol. IV (London, 1804) Part 1804
f. 71r Engraved title-page of one of the volumes of Tacite, by Amelot de la Houssaie (2 vols.; The Hague, 1692) Part 1692
f. 73 Frontispiece of an unidentified book, Part early 19th c.
f. 186r Woodcut of an anatomist’s instruments, on a table, from Helkiah Crooks’s Μικροκοσμογραφια (London, 1616) Part 1616
f. 187r Woodcut decorated initials Part 17th–18th c.
f. 191r Woodcut printers’ ornaments Part 17th or 18th c.
f. 192r Woodcut decorated initials and other printers’ ornaments Part 17th or 18th c.
f. 194r Woodcut printer’s ornament or device Part c. 1648
f. 194r Woodcut printer’s ornament or device Part 17th c.?
f. 195r Woodcut printers’ ornaments Part 17th c.?
f. 198r Woodcut device of the Perpetual Assurance Amicable Society Part 18th c.?
f. 179r Woodcut printer’s device of Daniel or Louis Elzevir Part 17th c.
f. 1r Engraved title-page of The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life, by Jeremy Taylor (London, 1657) Part 1657